Football rumours from today's newspapers.

• Portsmouth striker Peter Crouch will decide over the weekend whether to join Sunderland or Fulham after both clubs made a £12m bid for the England international. (Daily Star)



• Liverpool will intensify their efforts to sign Valencia playmaker David Silva. (The Times)



• Pompey may also allow full-back Sylvain Distin to leave the club, with Aston Villa poised to bid about £3m. (The Independent)



• Manchester City's hopes of completing a deal for Emmanuel Adebayor are in the balance as the Arsenal striker is keen on a move to Chelsea. (The Times)



• Meanwhile, City are set to make an improved offer for Everton defender Joleon Lescott after having a £15m bid rejected. (The Times)



• Should Lescott leave Goodison Park, the Toffees would consider West Ham defender Matthew Upson as a replacement. (The Times )



• Hull are ready to offer Newcastle £3m over three years to sign midfielder Joey Barton. (The Sun)



• Sunderland have been told it will cost them £5m to sign Crystal Palace defender Nathaniel Clyne. (Daily Mirror)



• The Black Cats have also made an enquiry about Tottenham defender Alan Hutton. (The Times)



• And Spurs could sell another defender, Pascal Chimbonda, to Blackburn. (The Times)



• Reading are ready to lower their £5.5m asking price for winger Stephen Hunt after receiving no bids. (Daily Star)



• Manchester City striker Ched Evans will complete a £1.5m move switch to Sheffield United next week. (Daily Mirror)



• Aston Villa have made Leeds a 'take it or leave it' offer of £4m plus add-ons for midfielder Fabian Delph. (Daily Mirror)



• But Tottenham are ready to join the bidding for Delph. (Daily Express)



• Meanwhile, Spurs have been given until the start of next week to agree a fee with Real Madrid for striker Klass-Jan Huntelaar. (Daily Express)



• Stoke midfielder Seyi Olifinjana is in talks to join French club Monaco. (Daily Star)



• Wigan are hopeful of signing Espanyol centre-back Roman Golobart on a free transfer. (The Sun)



• The Latics are also pressing ahead with their move for Crystal Palace winger Victor Moses. (Daily Mail)



• Portsmouth boss Paul Hart is giving a trial to Zimbabwe left-back Onismor Bhasera. (Daily Star)



• Wolves are optimistic they can beat Celtic and Wigan to the signature of Hamilton midfielder James McCarthy. (Daily Star)



• Barnsley are close to tying up a deal for former Darlington keeper David Preece. (Daily Star)

• Emmanuel Adebayor is locked in a row with Arsenal over a £2m loyalty bonus. The Manchester City-bound striker says he is owed the cash because he did not put in a transfer request. (Daily Mirror )



• Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti says there will be no 'untouchables' at the club, insisting there are no guaranteed places in his first team. (Daily Star )



• Former Liverpool midfielder Steve McMahon is confident his Profitable Group consortium will complete their takeover of Newcastle in the next few days. (Daily Star)



• New Southampton boss Alan Pardew will offer new deals to strikers Jason Euell and Stern John. (Daily Star)

• Manchester City have taunted rivals Manchester United by putting up a Carlos Tevez poster in the city centre declaring: Welcome to Manchester. City signed the Argentine striker from their neighbours this week. (Daily Mirror)